Fender Strat single coil (bridge) favorites

Chewie5150 said:
So my Kinman E69 is being delivered today! I can't seem to find a simple color wiring diagram that corresponds with Fender. Two wires. Can anyone tell me? i just plan a basic wire splice and need to match right wires. I've looked online but there are just a lot of more complex diagrams out there.
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Red wire from E69 to pickup selector, the other to ground.
 
I'm so used to working with humbucking guitars. Pickup just arrived an hour ago. So its just a hot and ground then by the looks of it and the ground is tied off midway on the lead. there's a spare lead here included it seems. I'm sure once I open up my Strat and look at the guts I'll have a better idea .
edit: the more im looking at it the more straightforward I believe this will be. Found schematic on Kinman site. the split in the lead is the ground that goes to terminal in the volume pot and the hot to the pickup selector as @JoKeR III mentioned. Surgery on the Strat is slated for Wednesday! day off mess around with the solder iron. Always a fun thing.
 

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iaresee said:
JB Jr in the bridge works pretty well for me in my EOB strat. Lots of power, humbucker quiet, still clucks a bit in the 2 position on the 5-way switch.

I have some stacked Seymour Duncan single coils here I've been meaning to put into an offset build that are silent, but supposed to be still single coil'ish. We'll see....
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I have the same. And wired so you use it as a single coil in the 2 position. I had it as the humbucker in the 2 in the beginning, but I really wanted that thinner so I switched to single.
 
I put Mothers Milk pickups by Bare Knuckle Pickups in my Fender Mexican Strat.

I really like them, they sound like a Strat should but with everything on full (if you know what I mean).
 
Listened to some clips for the Mothers milk pups. Real nice sounding. I need to play around a bit more with my pickup height. I simply matched the height of the yosemite that was there before but read the Kinmans have better tolerance to being closer to strings. Not as much magnetic pull. Also, since getting the guitar restrung etc , i'm getting some buzz on high e string around fret 12-13. I had noticed the middle pickup was bottoming the string out when id fret 12-14 on the high E. maybe i somehow fudged the middle pickup but don't recall even touching it. Or my high e saddle got knocked down a bit? got a few things to adjust either way
 
I would guess the saddles have slipped, It happens easily on vintage bent saddles. Some people get me to put thread lock on the screws on those. You don't need to thread lock them but you should have a quality action measure to keep an eye on it.
 
Resurrecting this to circle back to the ej strat hs-2 wiring.

I've seen two versions:

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/i...k-out-the-high-e-saddle.2078604/post-29183333
"When you wire it up the red goes to hot, green and bare to ground, and then you also wire the white/black to ground as well, this shuts off the bottom coil."

AND

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/i...2-wiring-diagram-for-single-coil-use.2057243/
"Looks like you’d simply treat the red wire as hot, black as ground and ignore the white & green wires."

Any idea which is right?
Have any of you actually done either one and liked the result?
 
For years, I've been tinkering with my HSS Strat to turn it into a universal instrument. After trying out many single coils, the Fender Noiseless N4 proved to be the best fit for me.
I installed several humbuckers on the bridge: Burstbucker 1, 2, and 61, Suhr SSV, DiMarzio 223 paf, DP190F, Gibson 490T with various magnets, Duncan Trembucker 59, TB-4, TB-5, and TB-14. There may be some missing from this list.
I settled on the Tonerider Alnico 4 Classic, the cheapest one! It doesn't drown out the single coils, has an open sound, and no frequency range is particularly emphasized. It has powerful, clear bass. It can sound like a PAF, and metal works too.
This was a very pleasant surprise and will stay in.
 
holgar said:
For years, I've been tinkering with my HSS Strat to turn it into a universal instrument. After trying out many single coils, the Fender Noiseless N4 proved to be the best fit for me.
I installed several humbuckers on the bridge: Burstbucker 1, 2, and 61, Suhr SSV, DiMarzio 223 paf, DP190F, Gibson 490T with various magnets, Duncan Trembucker 59, TB-4, TB-5, and TB-14. There may be some missing from this list.
I settled on the Tonerider Alnico 4 Classic, the cheapest one! It doesn't drown out the single coils, has an open sound, and no frequency range is particularly emphasized. It has powerful, clear bass. It can sound like a PAF, and metal works too.
This was a very pleasant surprise and will stay in.
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Toneriders are great as long you don't made in China
 
oacikgoz said:
idea came from pickup guru Bill Lawrence, he called it “antenna”. He called it the optimal solution to noise since it does not alter voicing when tuned correctly. Illitch made a version of it, John perfected it.
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Just checked the website and it's available in back cover version for the Strat for about 300 bucks, bit pricey, but great addition
 
darrenw5094 said:
Just checked the website and it's available in back cover version for the Strat for about 300 bucks, bit pricey, but great addition
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I think kinman pickups might be a better solution than a backplate that is not tuned to pickups. It will change the tone, and it will hum a little bit.

Kinman pickups are ridiculously noiseless (less noise than a humbucker, not sure why) and Chris is extremely picky about tone, he will not sleep before getting that tone right. I tried woodstock and older 50s set, both sounded terrific.

I did not try Areas but heard nothing but great things. If you ask Chris, they stole his design to make Area pickups. I don’t know if that’s true, but if it is Areas might be cheaper Kinmans :)
 
I suggest Dimarzio Injector . you can use a neck pickup on your bridge position or the bridge for more bite . 250k vol pot is fine too
 
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gibsonash said:
I suggest Dimarzio Injector . you can use a neck pickup on your bridge position or the bridge for more bite . 250k vol pot is fine too
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I heard that injectors were originally designed to replace YJMs and Yngwie was involved in their development. Right before he bolted to Seymour Duncan. Then came Paul Gilbert…
 
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